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LAWS AND REGULATIONS 



RELATING TO THE 



YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK 
CALIFORNIA 



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1908 




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Act (if June 30, 1864, authorizing a grant to the State of California of the 
\ osemite Valley and of the land enil^racing the Mariposa Big Tree Grove 5 

Act of October 1, 1890, reserving certain tracts of land in the State of Cal- 
ifornia as f(jrest reservations (Yoseinite, General Grant, and a portion of 
Sequoia National Park), and providing that the grant contained in the 
act of June 30, 1864, should not l)e affected; also providing for control 
by Secretary of the Interior, regulations, leases, and use of revenues 6 

Act of July 19, 1892, granting to the county of Mariposa, California, right of 

way for a free wagon road or turnpike across the Yosemite National Park . 7 

Sundry civil act of June (i, 1900, authorizing detail of troops for Yosemite, 

Sequoia, and General Grant national parks 8 

Act of February 15, 1901, relating to rights of way through certain' parks 
(Yosemite, Sequoia, and General Grant), reservations, and other public 
lands fur electrical or other purposes 8 

Sundry civil act of April 28, 1904, making appropriation of .'?3,666 for "exam- 
ination of lands in Yosemite National Park and feasible route for road 
from the park l)oundary 9 

Act of February 7, 1905,'excluding certain lands from Yosemite National 
Park and attaching same to Sierra Forest Reserve; compensation for priv- 
ileges on segregated lands, granted under right-of-way acts, to be applied 
to the park fund; patented lands eliminated not subject to lieu-land scrip 
proyisions of the land laws 9 

Act of legislature of California receding to the United States the Yosemite 

. V alley and Mariposa Big Tree Grove; vested rights and interests of third 

persons not to be affected H 

Act of March 3, 1905, making appropriation of $20,o66 for the management, 
protection, and improvement of the Yosemite National Park 12 

Joint resolution of June 11, 1906, accepting the recession by the State of 
California of the Yosemite Valley grant and Maripose Big Tree Grove, and 
including the same within the Yosemite National Park and changing the 
boundaries thereof; certain lands excluded and attached to Sierra Forest 
Reserve, upon same conditions as segregation by act of February 7, 1905. 12 
Rules and regulations: 

Regulations for government of park, approved Fe]>ruary 29, 1908 15 

Instructions of acting superintendent to persons in the park, issued F'eb- 
ruary 29, 1908 16 

Regulations governing the impounding and disposition of loose live stock, 
approved February 29, 1908 18 

Circular of July 7, 1905, concerning privileges on or over lands segregated 
from Yosemite National Park and included in the Sien-a Forest Reserve 
by the act of F'el)ruary 7. 1905 : I9 

Department order of May 29, 1908, extending the provisions of the'ci'r'cular 
of July 7, 1905. to the additional lands segregated from the Yosemite 

National Park by the act of June 11, 1906 20 

General legisiati(jn: 

Section 5391, providing for prosecutions under State laws where no Federal 
laws are applicable o^ 

Act of July 7, 1898, vesting jurisdiction for trial of offenses under the pre- 
ceding .'^ection 21 

Act of March 3, 1875, providing penalties for cutting timber on re.^erved 
lands, destroying fences, driving live stock, etc 21 

Act of June 3, 1878. as amended l)y act of August 4, 1892, providing penalty 

for cutting timber on hinds of United States in public-land States 22 

Act of June 10, 1896, providing penalty for changing or removing survey 
marks 23 

Act of February 6, 1905. providing for arrests bv national park and forest 
employees for violations of laws and regulations 23 



LAWS AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE YOSEMITE 
NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA. 



LAWS. 

ACT OF JUNE 30, 1864 (13 STAT., 325). 

AN A('T Authorizing a grant to ilu" State of California of the "Yo-Semite Valley," 
and of the land embracing the "Mariposa Big Tree Grove." 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and Tlouse of Rejyresentatives of the United 
States of America in Congress- a ssenihle(}, That there shall be, and is 
hereby, fji-anted to the State of California the ''cleft" or "gor^e" in 
the orianite peak of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, situated in iheU 
count}' of Mariposa, in the State aforesaid, and the headwaters of the'"** 
Merced River, and known as the Yo-Semite Valley, with its branches or 
spurs, in estimated length fifteen miles, and in average width one mile 
back from the main edge of the precipice, on each side of the valley, 
with the stipulation, nevertheless, that the said State shall accept this 
grant upon the express conditions that the premises shall be held for 
public use, resort, and recreation; shall be inalienable for all time; but 
leases not exceeding ten years may l)e granted for portions of said 
premises. All incomes derived from leases of privdeges to be ex- 
pended in the preservation and improvement of the property, or the 
roads leatUng tliereto; the boundaries to be established at the cost of 
said wState by the L'nited States surveyor-general of California, whose 
official plat, when affirmed by the Commissioner of the General Land 
Office, shall constitute the evidence of the locus, extent, and limits of 
the said cleft or gorge; the premises to be managed by the governor 
of the State with eight other commissioners, to be appointed by the 
executive of California, and who shall receive no compensation for 
their services. 

Sec. 2. And he it further enacted, That there shall likewise be. and 
there is hereby, granted to the said State of California the tracts 
embracing what is known as the "Mariposa Big Tree Grove," not to 
exceed the area of four sections, and to be taken in legal sulxUvisions 
of one quarter section each, with the like stipulation as expressed in 
the first section of this act as to the ^State's acceptance, with like con- 
ditions as in the first section of this act as to inalienability, yet with 
same lease privilege; the income to be expended in preservation, 
improvement, and protection of the property; the ])remises to be 
managed In' commissioners as stij)ulated in the first section of this act, 
and to be taken in legal sulxhvisions as aforesaid; and the ollicial 
plat of the United States surveyor-general, when affirmc<l by the Com- 
missioner of the General Land Ofiice, to be the evidcnctr of the locus of 
the said Mariposa Big Tree Grove. 



6 LAWS RELATING TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PAEK. 

ACT OF OCTOBER i, 1890 (26 STAT., 650)." 

AN ACT To set apart certain tracts of land in the State, of California as forest 

reservations. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assemUed, That the tracts of land in the 
State of CaUfornia known as described as follows: Commencing at 
the northwest corner of township two north, range nineteen east 
Mount Diablo meridian, thence eastwardly on the line between 
townships two and three north, ranges twenty-four and twenty-five 
east; thence southwardly^ on the line between ranges twenty-four and 
twenty-five east to the Mount Diablo base line; thence eastwardly 
on said base line to the corner to township one south, ranges twenty- 
five and twenty-six east; thence southwardly on the line between 
ranges twenty-five and twenty-six east to the southeast corner of 
township two south, range twenty-five east; thence eastwardly on 
the line between townships two and three south, range twenty-six 
east to the corner to townships two and three south, ranges twenty- 
six and twenty-seven east; thence southwardly on the line between 
ranges twenty-six and twenty-seven east to the first standard parallel 
south; thence westwardly on the first standard parallel south to the 
southwest corner of township four south, range nineteen east ; thence 
northwardly on the line between ranges eighteen and nineteen east to 
the northwest corner of township two south, range nineteen east; 
thence westwardly on the line between townships one and two south 
to the southwest corner of township one south, range nineteen east; 
thence northwardly on the line between ranges eighteen and nineteen 
east to the northwest corner of township two north, range nine- 
teen east, the place of beginning, are hereby reserved and withdrawn 
from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United 
States, and set apart as reserved forest lands; and all persons who 
shall locate or settle upon, or occupy the same or any part thereof, 
except as hereinafter provided, shall be considered trespassers and 
removed therefrom: Provided, however, That nothing in this act shall 
be construed as in anywise affecting the grant of lands made to the 
State of California bj^ virtue of the act entitled, "An act authorizing a 
grant to the State of California of the Yosemite Valley, and of the 
land embracing the Mariposa Big-Tree Grove, approved June thirtieth, 
eighteen hundred and sixty-four; or as affecting any bona-fide entry 
of land made within the limits above described under any law of the 
United States prior to the approval of this act. 

Sec. 2. That said reservation shall be under the exclusive control 
of the Secretary of the Interior, whose duty it shall be, as soon as 
practicable, to make and publish such rules and regulations as he 
may deem necessary or proper for the care and management of the 
same. Such regulations shall provide for the preservation from 
injury of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonders 
within said reservation, and their retention in their natural condition. 
The Secretary may, in his discretion, grant leases for building pur- 
poses for terms not exceeding ten years of small parcels of ground not 
exceeding five acres ; at such places in said reservation as shall require 
the erection of buildings for the accommodation of visitors; all or the 

a Sections 1 and 2 of this act pertain to the Yosemite National Park, while section 3 sets apart Gen- 
eral Grant National Park, and also a portion of Sequoia National Park. 



LAWS RELATING TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, 7 

proceeds of said leases and other revenues that may be derived from 
any source connected with said reservation to be expended under 
his direction in the management of the same and the construction of 
roads and paths tlierein. He shall provitle against the wanton 
destruction of the fish, and game found within saitl reservation, and 
against their capture or destruction, for the purposes of merchandise 
or profit. He shall also cause all persons trespassing upon the same 
after the passage of this act to be removed therefrom, and, generally, 
shall be authorized to take all such measures as shall be necessary 
or proper to fully carry out the objects and purposes of this act. 

Sec. 3. There shall also be and is hereby reserved and withdrawn 
from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United 
States, and shall be set apart as reserved forest lands, as hereinbefore 
provided, and subject to all the limitations and provisions herein con- 
tained, the following additional lands, to wit: Township seventeen 
south, range thirty east of the Mount Diablo meridian, excepting sec- 
tions thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, and thirty-four of said 
township, included in a previous bill. And there is also reserved and 
^vithdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the 
United States, and set apart as forest lands, subject to like limitations, 
conditions, and provisions, all of townships fifteen and sixteen south, 
of ranges twenty-nine and thirty east of the Mount Diablo meridian. 
And there is also hereby reserved and withdrawn from settlement, 
occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States, and set apart 
as reserved forest lands under like limitations, restrictions, and provi- 
sions, sections five and six in township fourteen south, range twent}^- 
eight east of Mount Diablo meridian, and also sections thirty-one 
and thirty-two of township thirteen south, range twenty-eight east 
of the same meridian. Nothing in this act shall authorize rules or 
contracts touching the protection and improvement of said reserva- 
tions, beyond the sums that may be received by the Secretary of the 
Interior under the foregoing provisions, or authorize any charge against 
the Treasury of the United States. 



ACT OF JULY 19, 1892 (27 STAT., 235). 

AN ACT Granting to the county of Mariposa, in the State of California, the right of 
wav for a free wagon road or turnpike across the Yosemite National Park, in said 
State. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby granted 
to the county of Mariposa, in the State of California, a Y\g\\i oi' way, not 
exceeding one humlred feet in width, on that porticm of the Yosemite 
National Park, in said State, commencing near the southwest corner 
of said national park as now established and running from thence to 
the Merced River, thence across same to the western boundary line of 
the Yosemite Valley grant to a junction with the Coulterville road, 
for the purpose of constructing a free wagon road or turnpike leading 
from the town of Mariposa, in said county and State, to the Yosemite 
Valley, upon the express conchtion that the said road shall l)e com- 
pleted in five years from the passage of this act. 

Sec. 2. That the United States shall in no wise bo lial)le for any 
expense, at any time, on account of the building of said free wagon 



8 LAWS RELATING TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. 

road or turnpike, or for keeping the same in repair, and if the said road 
should be forfeited or abandoned, or cease to be free of toll, the land 
covered by the right of way shall revert to the United States if the 
land over which it ran is kept for park purposes, or if sold, to the 
owners of the land through which the road runs, or whose property 
abuts the same. 



FROM THE SUNDRY CIVIL ACT OF JUNE 6, 1900 (31 STAT., 618). 

The Secretary of War, upon the request of the vSecretary of the 
Interior, is hereafter authorized and directed to make the necessary 
detail of troops to prevent trespassers or intruders from entering the 
Sequoia National Park, the Yosemite National Park, and the General 
Grant National Park, respectively, in California, for the purpose of 
destroying the game or objects of curiosity therein, or for any other 
purpose prohibited by law or regulation for the government of said 
reservations, and to remove such persons from said parks if found 
therein. 



ACT OF FEBRUARY 15, 1901 (31 STAT., 790). 

AN ACT Relating to rights of way through certain parks, reservations, and other public 

lands." 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assemhled, That the Secretary of the 
Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered, under general 
regulations to be fixed by him, to permit the use of rights of way 
through the public lands, forest and other reservations of the United 
States, and the Yosemite, Sequoia, and General Grant national parks, 
California, for electrical plants, poles, and lines for the generation 
and distribution of electrical power, and for telephone and telegraph 
purposes, and for canals, ditches, pipes and pipe lines, flumes, tun- 
nels, or other water conduits, and for water plants, dams and reser- 
voirs used to promote irrigation or mining or quarrying, or the manu- 
facturing or cutting of timber or lumber, or the supplying of water 
for domestic, public, or any other beneficial uses to the extent of the 
ground occupied by such canals, ditches, flumes, tunnels, reservoirs, 
or other water conduits or water plants, or electrical or other works 
permitted hereunder, and not to exceed fifty feet on each side of the 
marginal limits thereof, or not to exceed fifty feet on each side of 
the center line of such pipes and pipe lines, electrical, telegraph, and 
telephone lines and poles, by any citizen, association, or corporation 
of the United States, where it is intended by such to exercise the use 
permitted hereunder or any one or more of the purposes herein 
named: Provided, That such permits shall be allowed within or 
through any of said parks or any forest, military, Indian, or other 
reservation only upon the approval of the chief officer of the depart- 
ment under whose supervision such park or reservation falls and 

a Regulations eonceming permission to use right of way over the pubhc lands, forest, and other reser- 
vations of the United States, and the Yosemite, Sequoia, and General Grant national parks, for tele- 
graph and telephone lines, electrical plants, canals, reservoirs, tramroads, etc., under acts of February 
1.5, 1901 (31 Stat., 790), .January 21, 189.5 (28 Stat., 635), and section 1 of the act of May 11, 1898 (30 Stat., 
404), were promulgated hy the Department July 8, 1901. 



LAWS RELATING TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. 9 

upon a finding by him that the same is not incompatible with the 
public interest: Proruhd further, That all permits given hereunder 
for telegraph and telephone purposes shall be subject to the pro- 
vision of title sixty-live of the Kevised Statutes of the United States, 
and amendments thereto, regulating rights of way for telegraph 
companies over the public domain : And provided further, That any 
permission given by the Secretary of the Interior under the provi- 
sions of this act may be revoked by him or his successor in his dis- 
cretion, and shall not be held to confer any right, or easement, or 
interest in, to, or over any public land, reservation, or park. 



FROM THE SUNDRY CIVIL ACT OF APRIL 28, 1904 (33 STAT., 487). 

The Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to examine into 
the conditions and situations in the United States Yosemite Park in 
the State of California for the purpose of ascertaining what portions 
of said park are not necessary for park purposes but can be returned 
to the public domain, and also at what place a good and substantial 
road can. be built from the boundary of said park to the Yosemite 
Valley grant, including the length and cost of the same; and for the 
purposes of said examination the sum of three thousand dollars is 
hereby appropriated, to be immediately available. 



ACT OF FEBRUARY 7, 1905 (33 STAT., 702). 

AN ACT To exclude from the Yosemite National Park, California, certain lands therein 
described, and to attach and include the said lands in the Sierra Forest Reserve. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the tracts 01 land in the 
State of California known and described as follows: Begiiniing at the 
point where the middle of the channel of the South Fork of the Merced 
River intersects the line between sections three and four, township 
four south, range twenty east, Mount Diablo base and meridian; 
thence northerly along section lines through the middle of townships 
three and four south, range twenty east, to the northwest corner of 
section three, township three south, range twenty. east; thence west- 
erly along township line to the southwest corner of section thirty- 
three, township two south, range twenty east; thence northerly along 
section lines to the northwest corner of section twenty-one, said town- 
ship; thence westerly along section lines to the southwest corner of 
section eighteen, said township; thence southerly along range line to 
the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of section twenty-four, 
township two south, range nineteen east; thence westerly to the south- 
west corner of the northeast quarter of section twenty-four, said town- 
ship ; thence southerly to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter 
of section twenty-four, said township; thence westerly along section 
lines to the southwest corner of section twenty-three, said townsliip; 
thence northerly along section lines to the northwest corner of the 
southwest quarter of .section fourteen, said township; thence easterly 
to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of section fourteen, 
said township; thence northerly along section line to the northwest 

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10 LAWS RELATING TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. 

corner of section thirteen, said township; thence easterly along sec- 
tion line to the northeast corner of section thirteen, said township; 
thence northerly along range line to the northwest corner of the south- 
west quarter of section seven, township two south, range twenty east; 
thence easterly to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of 
section seven, said township; thence southerly along section line to 
the northwest corner of section seventeen, said township ; thence east- 
erly along section lines to the northeast corner of section sixteen, said 
township ; thence northerly along section lines to the northwest corner 
of section three, said township; thence westerly along township line 
to the southwest corner of section thirty-three, township one south, 
range twenty east ; thence northerly along section lines to the north- 
west corner of section twenty-one, said township; thence westerly 
along section lines to the southwest corner of section eighteen, 
said township; thence northerly along range line to the northwest 
corner of section six, said township; thence westerly along Mount 
Diablo base line to the southwest corner of section thirty-four, town- 
ship one north, range nineteen east; thence northerly along section 
lines through the middle of townships one and two north, range nine- 
teen east, to the point of intersection with the summit of the divide 
between Cherry Creek on the west and Eleanor and Fall creeks 
on the east ; thence along the summit of said divide in a northeasterly 
direction to the summit of the Sierra Nevada Mountains; thence 
southeasterly along the summit of the Sierra Nevada Mountains to 
the divide between the Merced and San Joaquin rivers; thence south- 
westerly along said divide to the point of intersection with the south 
boundary of township four south, range twenty-three east. Mount 
Diablo base and meridian ; thence westerly along township line to the 
point of intersection with the middle of the channel of the South Fork 
of the Merced River; thence westerly down the middle of said river 
to the place of beginning, are hereby reserved and withdrawn from 
settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States, 
and set apart as reserved forest lands, subject to all the provisions of 
the act of Congress approved October first, eighteen hundred and 
ninety, entitled "An act to set apart certain tracts of land in the State 
of California as forest reservations:" Provided, That all those tracts 
or parcels of land described in section one of the said act of October 
first, eighteen hundred and ninety, and not included within the metes 
and bounds of the land above described, be, and the same are hereby, 
included in and made part of the Sierra Forest Reserve : And frovided 
further, That the Secretary of the Interior may require the payment of 
such price as he may deem proper for privileges on the land herein seg- 
regated from the Yosemite National Park and made a part of the 
Sierra Forest Reserve accorded under the act approved February 
fifteenth, nineteen hundred and one, relating to rights of way over 
certain parks, reservations, and other lands, and other acts concerning 
rights of way over public lands; and the moneys received from the 
privileges accorded on the lands herein segregated and included in the 
Sierra Forest Reserve shall be paid into the Treasury of the United 
States, to be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of the 
Interior, in the management, improvement, and protection of the 
forest lands herein set aside and reserved, which shall hereafter be 
known as the "Yosemite National Park." 



LAWS EELATTNG TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL P.\RK. 11 

Sec. 2. That none of the lands patented and in private ownership 
in the area hereby included in the 8icrra Forest Reserve shall have 
the privileges of the lieu-land scrip provisions of the land laws, hut 
otherwise to be in all respects under the laws and regulations afl'ect- 
ing the forest reserves, antl immediately upon the passage of this act 
all law^s, rvdes, and regulations affecting forest reservations, including 
the right to change the boundaries thereof by Executive proclama- 
tion, shall take effect and be in force within the limits of the territory 
excluded by this act from the Yosemite National Park, exce])t as 
herein otherwise provided. 

Sec. 3. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after 
its passage. 



ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 
APPROVED MARCH 3, 1905. 

Sec. 1. The State of California does hereby recede and regrant 
unto the United States of America the "cleft" or "gorge" in the 
granite peak of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, situated in the county 
of Mariposa, State of California, and the headwaters of the Merced 
River, and known as the Yosemite Valley, with its branches and spurs, 
granted unto the State of California in trust for public use, resort, 
and recreation by the act of Congress entitled "An act authorizing a 
grant to the State of California of the Yosemite Valley and of the land 
embracing the Mariposa Big Tree Grove," approved June thirtieth, 
eighteen hundred and sixty-four; and tlie State of California does 
hereby relinquish unto the United States of America and resign the 
trusts created and granted by the said act of Congress. 

Sec. 2. The State of California does hereby recede and regrant 
unto the United States of America the tracts embracing what is known 
as the "Mariposa Big Tree Grove," granted unto the State of Cali- 
fornia in trust for pubhc use, resort, and recreation by the act of Con- 
gress referred to in section one of this act, and the State of California 
does hereby relinquish unto the United States of America and resign 
the trusts created and o;ranted by the said act of Congress. 

Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from and after acceptance by the 
United States of America of the recessions and regrants herein made, 
thereby forever releasing the State of California from further cost of 
maintaining the said premises, the same to be held for all time by the 
United States of America for public use, resort, and recreation, and 
imposing on the United States of America the cost of maintaining 
the same as a national park: Provided, however, That the recession 
and regrant hereby made shall not affect vested rights and interests 
of third persons. 



12 LAWS kelati:ng to yosemite national park. 

ACT OF MARCH 3, 1905 (33 STAT., 1286). 

JOINT RESOLUTION Accepting the recession by the State of California of the 
Yosemite Valley Grant and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove in the Yosemite National 
Park.« 

Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby appro- 
priated from any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
for the management, protection, and improvement of the Yosemite 
National Park, to be expended under the supervision of the Secretary 
of the Interior, the sum of twenty thousand dollars. 



JOINT RESOLUTION OF JUNE 11, 1906 (34 STAT., 831). 

JOINT RESOLUTION accepting the recession by the State of California of the 
Yosemite Valley grant and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove, and including the same, 
together with fractional sections five and six, township five south, range twenty-two 
east. Mount Diablo meridian, California, within the metes and bounds of the Yosem- 
ite National Park, and changing the boundaries thereof. 

Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the recession and 
regranting unto the United States b}^ the State of California of the 
cleft or gorge in the granite peak of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, 
situated in the county of Mariposa, State of California, and the 
headwaters of the Merced River, and known as the Yosemite Valley, 
with its branches or spurs, granted unto the State of California in 
trust for public use, resort, and recreation by the act of Congress 
entitled ''An act authorizing a grant to the State of California of the 
Yosemite Valley and of the land embracing the Mariposa Big Tree 
Grove," approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four 
(Thirteenth Statutes, page three hundred and twenty-five), as well 
as the tracts embracing what is known as the "Mariposa Big Tree 
Grove," likewise granted unto the State of California by the afore- 
said act of Congress, is hereby ratified and accepted, and the tracts 
of land embracing the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree 
Grove, as described in the act of Congress approved June thirtieth, 
eighteen hundred and sixty-four, together with that part of frac- 
tional sections five and six, township five south, range twenty-two 
east, Mount Diablo meridian, California, lying south of the South 
Fork of Merced River and almost wholly between the Mariposa Big 
Tree Grove and the present south boundary of the Yosemite National 
Park, be, and the same are hereby, reserved and withdrawn from 
settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States 
and set apart as reserved forest lands, subject to all the limitations, 
conditions, and provisions of the act of Congress approved October 
first, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled ''An act to set apart 
certain tracts of land in the State of California as forest reserva- 
tions," as well as the limitations, conditions, and provisions of the 

" The wording of the bill introduced in the House of Representatives, providing for the accept- 
ance of the recession as indicated in the above title, was struck out m the Senate, and the bill as 
parsed carried an appropriation without accepting the recession of Yosemite Valley and Mariposa 
Big Tree Grove. 



LAWS IIELATING TO Y06EMITE NATIONAL PARK. 13 

act of Congress approved February seventh, nineteen hundred and 
five, entitled "An act to exclude from the Yosemite National Park, 
California, certain lands therem described, and to attach and include 
the said lands in the Sierra Forest Kesei"ve," and shall hereafter 
form a, part of the Yosemite National Park. 

The south and west boundary lines of the Yosemite National Park 
are hereby changed as follows: Beginning at the point on the line 
between sections thirty-five and thirty-six, township four south, 
range twenty-one east, where the same intersects the middle of the 
channel of the South Fork of the ]\Iercetl River; thence north on sec- 
tion line to the southwest corner of section twenty-five; thence 
west on section lines to the southwest comer of section twenty- 
eight; thence north on section line to the northwest corner of sec- 
tion twenty-eight; thence west on secticm line to the quarter-section 
corner between sections twenty and twenty-nine; thence north 
through the middle of section twenty to the center thereof; thence 
east through the middle of section twenty to the quarter-section 
corner between sections twenty and twenty-one; thence north on 
section line to the quarter-section corner between sections sixteen 
and seventeen; thence west through middle of section seventeen to 
the center thereof; thence north through the middle of sections seven- 
teen, eight, and five to the quarter-section corner of north boundary 
of section five on township boundary, all in township four south, 
range twenty-one east; thence north through the middle of section 
thirty-two, township three south, range twenty-one east, to the cen- 
ter thereof; thence west through the middle of section thirty-two, 
said township, and section thirty-six, township three south, range 
twenty east, to the quarter-section corner between sections thirty-five 
and thirty-six; thence north on section line to the quarter-section 
corner between sections twenty-five and twenty-six; thence cast 
through the middle of section twenty-five to the center thereof; 
thence north through the middle of sections twenty-five and twenty- 
four to the center of section twenty-four; thence west through the 
niifhlle of sections twenty-four, twenty-three, and twenty-two to the 
cjuarter-section corner between sections twenty-one and twenty-two, 
township three south, range twenty east, on the present western bound- 
ary of the Yosemite National Park. And all that portion of the 
Yosemite National Park lying between the boundary line last above 
mentioned and the present bountlary line of said national park is 
excluded from said park; and the said lands so excluded, and all 
thereof, are added to and made a part of the Sierra Forest I^serve, and 
shall hereafter form a part of said Sierra Forest Reserve, and shall be 
subject to all of the acts of Ccmgress with relation thereto: Providal, 
That the Secretary of the Interior may require the paymen t of such jrrice 
as he may deem proper for privileges on the land herein segregated 
from the Yosemite National Park and made a part of the Sierra Forest 
Reserve accorded under the act approved l^'ebnuiry fifteenth, nine- 
teen hundred and one, relating to rights of way over certain parks, 
reservations, and other lands, and other acts concerning rights of 
way over public lands: Ami jrroiided further, That in the grant of 
any right of way for railway purposes across the lands placed under 
this measure within the wSierra Forest Reserve it shall be stipulated 
that no logs or timber shall be hauled over the same without tne con- 



14 LAWS RELATING TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PAEK. 

sent of the Secretary of the Interior, ami under regulations to be 
promulgated by him. 

Sec. 2. That none of the lands patented and in private ownership 
in the area hereby included in the Sierra Forest Reserve shall have 
the privileges of the lieu-land scrip provisions of the land laws, but 
otherwise to be in all respects under the laws and regulations affecting 
the forest reserves, and immediately upon the passage of this act all 
laws, rules, and regulations affecting forest reservations, including 
the right to change the boundaries thereof by Executive proclamation, 
shall take effect and be in force within the limits of the territory 
excluded by this act from the Yosemite National Park, except as 
herein otherwise provided. 

Sec. 3. That all revenues derived from privileges in the park 
authorized under the act of October first, eighteen hundred and 
ninety, the act of February seventh, nineteen hundred and five, as 
well as imder this measure, or from privileges accorded on the 
lands herein segregated from said park and included within the Sierra 
Forest Reserve, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, 
to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in 
the management, protection, and improvement of the Yosemite 
National Park. 



RULKS AXD REGUtiATIONS. 

REGULATIONS OF FEBRUARY 29, 1908. 

The following rules and regulations for the government of the 
Yosemite National Park, including the Yoseniite Valley and Mari- 
posa Big Tree Grove, are hereby established and made public, jnu- 
suant to authority conferred bv the acts of Congress approved 
October 1, 1890, February 7, 1905, and June 11, 1906: 

1. It is forbidden to injure or disturb in any manner any of the 
mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonders on the Government 
lands within the park. 

2. It is forbidden to cut or injure any timber growing on the park 
lands, or to deface or injure any Government property. Camping 
parties will be allowed to use dead or fallen timber for fuel. 

3. Fires should be lighted only when necessar}' and completely 
extinguished when not longer required. The utmost care must be 
exercised at all times to avoid setting fire to the timber and grass. 

4. Hunting or killing, wounding or capturing any bird or wild 
animal on the park lands, except dangerous animals when necessary 
to prevent them from destroying life or inflicting an injury, is pro- 
hibited. The outfits, including guns, traps, teams, horses, or means 
of transportation used by persons engaged in hunting, killing, trap- 
ping, ensnaring, or capturing such birds or wild animals, or in pos- 
session of game killed on the park lands under other cinaimstances 
than prescribed above, will be taken up by the superintendent and 
held subject to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, except in 
cases where it is shown by satisfactory evidence that the outfit is 
not the property of the person or persons violating this regulation 
and the actual owner thereof was not a party to such violation. 
Firearms will only be permitted in the park on written permission 
from the superintendent thereof. 

5. Fishing with nets, seines, traps, or by the use of drugs or explo- 
sives, or in any other way than with hook and line, is prohibited. 
Fishing for purposes of merchandise or profit is forbitlden. Fishing 
may be prohibited by order of the superintendent in any of the 
waters of the park, or limited therein to any specified season of the 
year, until othenvise ordered by the Secretary of the Interior. 

6. No person will be permitted to reside permanently, engage in 
any business, or erect buildings, etc., upon the Government lands in 
the park, without permission, in writing, from the Secretary of the 
Interior. The superintendent may grant authority to competent 
persons to act as guides and revoke the same in his discretion. No 
pack trains will be allowed in the park unless in charge of a duly 
registered guide. 

15 



16 REGULATIONS RELATING TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. 

7.* Owners of patented lands within the park limits are entitled to 
the full use and enioyment thereof; such lands, however, shall have 
the metes and bounds thereof so marked and defined that they may 
be readily distinguished from the park lands. Stock may be taken 
over the park lands to patented lands ^\■ith the written permission 
and under the supervision of the superintendent. 

8.* The herding or grazing of loose stock or cattle of any kind on 
the Government lands in the park, as well as the driving of such 
stock or cattle over the same, is strictly forbidden, except in such 
cases where authority therefor is granted by the superintendent. 

9. No drinking saloon or barroom will be permitted upon Gov- 
ernment lands in the park. 

10. Private notices or advertisements shall not be posted or dis- 
played on the Government lands within the reservation, except such 
as may be necessary for the convenience and guidance of the public. 

11. Persons who render themselves obnoxious by disorderly con- 
duct or bad behavior, or who may violate any of the foregoing rules, 
will be summarily removed from the park and will not be allowed 
to return without permission, in writing, from the Secretary of the 
Interior or the superintendent of the park. 

No lessee or licensee shall retain in his employ any person whose 
presence in the park shall be deemed and declared by the superin- 
tendent to be subversive of the good order and management of the 
reservation. 

12. The superintendent designated by the Secretary is hereby 
authorized and directed to remove all trespassers from the Govern- 
ment lands in the park and enforce these rules and regulations and 
all the provisions of the acts of Congress aforesaid. 

INSTRUCTIONS OF FEBRUARY 29, 1908. 

(1) Interference with or molestation of any bear or other wild 
animal in the park in any way by any person not authorized by the 
superintendent is prohibited. 

(2) Fires. — The greatest care must be exercised to insure the com- 
plete extinction of all camp fires before they are abandoned. All 
ashes and unburned bits of wood must, when practicable, be thor- 
oughly soaked with water. Where fires are built in the neighborhood 
of decayed logs, particular attention must be directed to the extin- 
guishment of fires in the decaying mold. Fire may be extinguished 
where water is not available by a complete covering of earth well 
packed down. Care should be taken that no lighted match, cigar, 
or cigarette is dropped in any grass, twigs, leaves, or tree mold. 

(3) Camps. — No camp will be made except at designated localities. 
All campers in Yosemite Valley shall first report at the office of the 
superintendent for assignment to camping sites, and will not change 
camps without permission, nor shall fires be lighted in Yosemite 
Valley or Mariposa Big Tree Grove without the express permission 

* In the case of J. B. Curtin vs. H. C. Benson, Acting Superintendent of the Yosem- 
ite National Park, et als., in the United States circuit court of the northern circuit 
of California, it was held that paragraphs 9 and 10 of the regulations issued under 
date of April 22, 1905 (now paragraphs 7 and 8 of the regulations promulgated Febru- 
ary 29, 1908), were, as a matter of law, valid. Notice, however, of appeal from this 
decision has been given. 



REGULATIONS RELATING TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. 17 

of tho superintend eft t. Blankets, clothino;, hammocks, or any other 
article liable to fri<::htcn teams must not he hunj; near the road. The 
same rule applies to temporary stops, such as for feeding horses or 
for taking luncheon. 

Many successive parties camp on the same sites during the season, 
and camp grounds nuist be thoroughly cleaned before they are aban- 
doned. Tin cans nuist be flattened , and with bottles, cast-off clothing, 
and all other debris nuist be deposited in a pit provided for the pur- 
pose. When camps are made in unusual places where pits may not 
be provided, all refuse must be hidden where it will not be ofl'ensive 
to the eye. 

(4) Bicycles. — The greatest care must be exercised by persons 
using bicycles. On meeting a team the rider must stop and stand at 
side of road between the bicycle and the team — the outer side of the 
road if on a grade or curve. In passing a team from the rear the 
rider should learn from the driver if his horses are liable to frighten, 
in which case the driver should halt and the rider dismount and walk 
jjast, keeping between the bicycle and the team. 

(5) Fishing. — All fish less than 6 inches in length should at once 
be returnecl to the water with the least damage possible to the fish. No 
one person shall catch more than fifty fish in one day. 

(6) Dogs. — Dogs are not permitted in tho park. 

(7) Stages. — Stages entering Yosemite Valley shall stop at eacn 
hotel or permanent camp in the order of location, so that passengers 
may exercise the right of selection. 

(8) Driving on Roads of Park. — (a) Drivers of vehicles of any 
description when overtaken by other vehicles traveling at a faster 
rate of speed shall, if requested to do so, turn out and give the latter 
free and unobstructed passageway. 

(h) Vehicles, in passing each other, must give full half of the road- 
way. This applies to freight outfits as well as any other. 

(c) Freight, baggage, and heavy camping outfits on sidehill grades 
throughout the park will take the outer side of the road while being 
passed by passenger vehicles in either direction. 

(d) Transportation companies, freight and wood contractors, and 
all other parties and persons using the park roads will be held liable 
for violations of these instructions. 

(e) Moimted men on meeting a passenger team on a grade will 
halt on the outer side until the team passes. When approaching a 
passenger team from the rear warning must be given, and no faster 
gait will l)e taken than is necessary to make the passage, and if on a 
grade the passage will be on the outer side. A passenger team must 
not ])e passed on a dangerous grade. 

(/ ) AH wagons used in hauling heavy freight over the park roads 
must have tires not less than 4 inches in width. This order does 
not ap]>ly to express freight hauled in light spring wagons with single 
teams. 

(9) Miscellaneous. — Automobiles are not permitted in the park. 
No person shall drive or ride faster than a walk over any of the 

Government bridges within the park. 

Persons with animals using trails must keep therein; leaving the 
trails for the purpose of making short cuts will not be permitted. 



18 REGULATIONS RELATING TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. 

Persons are not allowed to bathe near any of the regularly traveled 
roads in the park without suitable bathing clothes. 

Campers and all others, save those holding license from the Sec- 
retary of the Interior, are prohibited from hiring their horses, trap- 
pings, or vehicles to tourists or visitors in the park. 

All complaints by tourists and others as to service, etc., rendered 
in the reservation should be made to the superintendent in writing 
before the complainant leaves the park. 

(10) The penalty for disregard of these instructions is summary 
ejection from the park. 

REGULATIONS OF FEBRUARY 29, 1908, GOVERNING THE IM- 
POUNDING AND DISPOSITION OF LOOSE LIVE STOCK. 

Horses, cattle, or other domestic live stock running at large or being 
herded or grazed in the Yosemite National Park without authority 
from the Secretary of the Interior will be taken up and impounded by 
the superintendent, who will at once give notice thereof to the owner, 
if known. If the owner is not known, notice of such impounding, 
giving a description of the animal or animals, with the brands thereon, 
will be posted in six public places inside the park and in two public 
places outside the park. Any owner of an animal thus impounded 
may, at any time before the sale thereof, reclaim the same upon 
proving ownership and paying the cost of notice and all expenses 
incident to the taking up and detention of such animal, including the 
cost of feeding and caring for the same. If any animal thus im- 
pounded shall not be reclaimed within thirty "days from notice to the 
owner or from the date of posting notices, it shall be sold at public 
auction at such time and place as may be fixed by the superintendent 
after ten days' notice, to be given by posting notices in six public 
places in the park and two public places outside the park, and by 
mailing to the owner, if known, a copy thereof. 

All money received from the sale of such animals and remaining 
after the payment of all expenses incident to the taking up, impound- 
ing, and selling thereof, shall be carefully retained by the superintend- 
ent in a separate fund for a period of six months, during which time 
the net proceeds from the sale of any animal may be claimed by and 
paid to the owner upon the presentation of satisfactory proof of own- 
ership, and if not so claimed within six months from the date of sale 
such proceeds shall be turned into the Yosemite National Park fund. 

The superintendent shall keep a record in which shall be set down a 
description of all animals impounded, giving the brands found on 
them, the date and locality of the taking up, the date of all notices 
and manner in which they were given, the date of sale, the name and 
address of the purchaser, the amount for which each animal was sold 
and the cost incurred in connection therewith, and the disposition of 
the proceeds. 

The superintendent will, in each instance, make every reasonable 
effort to ascertain the owner of animals impounded and to give actual 
notice thereof to such owner. 



REGULATIONS RELATING TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. 19 

CIRCULAR OF JULY 7, 1905, CONCERNING PRIVILEGES ON OR 
OVER THE LANDS SEGREGATED FROM THE YOSEMITE 
NATIONAL PARK AND INCLUDED IN THE SIERRA FOREST 
RESERVE, BY THE ACT OF FEBRUARY 7, 1905. 

This act, so far as it relates to the use of the lands within the addi- 
tion to the Sierra Forest Reserve made by it, for ricjht-of-way pur- 
poses, is as follows: 

"Provided, That all those tracts or parcels of lands described in 
section one of the said act of October first, oip;hteen hundred and 
ninety, and not included within the metes and bounds of the land 
above described, be, and the same are hereby, included in and made 
part of the Sierra Forest Reserve: And provided further, That the 
Secretary of the Interior may re({uire the payment of such price as 
he may deem proper for privilef2;es on the land herein segregated 
from the Yosemite National Park and made a part of the Sierra 
Forest Reserve accorded under the act approved Februarj' fifteenth, 
nineteen hundred and one, relating to rights of way over certain 
parks, reservations, and other lands, and other acts concerning 
rights of way over public lands; and the moneys received from the 
privileges accorded on the lands herein segregated and included in 
the Sierra Forest Reserve shall be paid into the Treasury of the 
United States, to be expended, under the direction of the Secretary 
of the Interior, in the management, improvement, and protection of 
the forest lands herein set aside and reserved, which shall hereafter 
be known as the 'Yosemite National Park.' 

''Sec. 2. That none of the lands patented and in private owner- 
ship in the area hereby included in the wSierra Forest Reserve shall 
have the privileges of the lieu-land scrip provisions of the land laws, 
but otherwise to be in all respects under the laws and regulations 
aftecting the forest reserves, and immediately upon the passage of 
this act all laws, rules, and regulations affecting forest reservations, 
including the right to change the boundaries thereof by Executive 
proclamation, shall take effect and be in force within the limits of 
the territory excluded by this act from the Yosemite National Park, 
except as herein otherwise provided." 

The several acts of Congress authorizing the use of lands within 
forest reserves for right-of-way purposes are applicable to this por- 
tion of the Sierra Forest Reserve with the condition, however, that 
the Secretary of the Interior may ref|uire the })eneficiary to pay a 
suitable price for the privileges accorded therein. 

The Department of Agriculture is vestetl with jurisdiction to pass 
upon all applications under any law of the United States providing 
for the granting of a permission to occupy and use lands in a forest 
reserve, which occupation or use is temporary in character, and which, 
if granted, will in no wise aff'ect the fee or cloud the title of the United 
States shoidd the reserve be discontinued. The Department of the 
Interior is vested with jurisdiction over all api)lications affecting 
lands within a forest reserve the granting of which amoimts to an 
easement running with the land. Any permission or license granted 
by the Agricultural Department is subject to any later disposal of the 
lands ])y tiie Department of tlie Interior. 

All api)lications foi- privileges other than of a temporary character 
within the said addition to the Sierra Forest Reserve should be in 
accordance with the regulations heretofore prescribed in similar cases. 



20 EEGULATTONS RELATING TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. 

Before final approval is given to any application for a privilege on or 
over these lands, the Secretary of the Interior will fix the price there- 
for and the payment thereof will be necessary before final approval is 
given. 

When the payment is made at the local land office, the receiver will 
charge the amount paid on his list of unearned moneys and deposit 
the same to his official credit until he is advised of the allowance or 
rejection of the application. If the application be allowed, he will 
cover the mone}^ into the Treasury to the credit of the special fund pro- 
vided for ly this act, to he expended under the direction of the Secretary 
of the Interior in the -management, improvement, and protection of the 
Yosemite National Pari:; if rejected, the amount will be returned to 
the applicant and a proper receipt taken therefor. 

In addition to the foregoing, and before such application will be 
approved, the applicant must expressly agree to enter into a contract 
whereby he shall bind himself to make further annual payments for 
such privilege should the Secretary of the Interior, upon considera- 
tion of the facts in each particular case, so prescribe. Such pay- 
ments, when required, shall be made to the Secretary of the Interior, 
to be placed to the credit of the special fund providetl for in the act of 
February 7, 1905, to be expendetl in the management, improvement, 
and protection of the Yosemite National Park. 

An applicant for the privilege of transporting persons and material 
through the reserve to the Yosemite National Park will also be re- 
quired, when in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior the 
convenience of the public requires it, to file in the Department a stipu- 
lation agreeing to transport the cars of any other person or company 
over its road upon the payment of such reasonable charge as may be 
determined upon between the parties or by the Secretary of the 
Interior. 

ORDER OF MAY 29, 1908. 

The provisions of the circular concerning privileges on or over the 
lands segregated from the Yosemite National Park and included in 
the Sierra National Forest by the act of February 7, 1905, promul- 
gated July 7, 1905, are hereby extended and made applicable to the 
additional lands segregated from the Yosemite National Park and 
included in the Sierra National Forest by the act of June 11, 1906. 



GEXERAL J.EGTSIiATIOX. 

SECTION 5391, REVISED STATUTES OF THE UNITED STATES. 
Prosecutions under State Laws where no Federal Laws are Applicable. 

If any ofTense be committed in any place which has been or may 
hereafter be, ceded to and umler the jurisdiction of the United 
States, which offense is not prohibited, or the punishment thereof is 
not specially provided for, by any law of the United States, such 
offense shall be liable to, and receive, the same punishment as the 
laws of the State in which such place is situated, now in force, pro- 
vide for the like offense when committed within the jurisdiction of 
such State; and no sid)sequent repeal of any such State law shall 
affect any prosecution for such offense in any court of the United 
States. 

ACT OF JULY 7, 1898 (30 STAT., 717), 

AX ACT To protect the harbor defenses and fortifications constructed or used l^y the 
United States from maUcious injury, and for other purposes. 

■* * * ■ * * * * 

Sec. 2. That when any offense is committed in any place, jurisdic- 
tion over which has been retained by the United States or ceded to 
it by a State, or which has been purchased with the consent of a State 
for the erection of a fort, magazine, arsenal, dockyard, or other needful 
building or structure, the punishment for which offense is not pro- 
vided for by any law of the United States, the person committing 
such offense shall, upon conviction in a circuit or district court of 
the United States for the district in which the offense was committed, 
be liable to and receive the same punishment as the laws of the State 
in which such place is situated now provide for the like offense when 
committed within the jurisdiction or such State, and the said courts 
are hereby vested with jurisdiction for such purpose; and no subse- 
quent repeal of any such State law shall affect any such prosecution. 



ACT OF MARCH 3. 1875 (18 STAT., 481). 

Cutting Timber on Reserved Lands, Destroying Fences, etc. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That if any person 
or persons shall knowingly and unlawfully cut, or shall knowingly aid, 
assist, or be employed in unlawfully cutting, or shall wantonly ilestroy 



22 LAWS RELATING TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. 

or injure, or procure to be wantonly destroyed or injured, any timber- 
tree or any shade or ornamental tree, or any other kind of tree, stand- 
ing, growing, or being upon any land of the United States, which, in 
pursuance of law, have been reserved, or which have been purchased 
by the United States for any public use, every such person or persons 
so offending, on conviction thereof before any circuit or district court 
of the United States, shall, for every such offense, pay a fine not 
exceeding $500, or shall be imprisoned not exceeding twelve months. 

Sec. 2. That if any person or persons shall knowingly and unlaw- 
fully break or destroy any fence, wall, hedge, or gate inclosing an}^ 
lands of the United States, which have, in pursuance of any law, been 
reserved or purchased by the United States for any public use, every 
such person so offending, on conviction, shall, for every such offence, 
pay a fine not exceeding $200, or be imprisoned not exceeding six 
months. 

Sec. 3. That if any person or persons shall knowingly and unlaw- 
fully break, open, or destroy an}^ gate, fence, hedge, or wall inclosing 
any lands of the United States, reserved or purchased as aforesaid, 
and shall drive any cattle, horses, or hogs upon the lands aforesaid 
for the purpose of destroying the grass or trees on the said grounds, 
or where they may destro}^ the said grass or trees, or if any such per- 
son or persons shall knowingly permit his or their cattle, horses, or 
hogs to enter through any of said inclosures upon the lands of the 
United States aforesaid, where the said cattle, horses, or hogs may or 
can destroy the grass or trees or other property of the United States 
on the said land, every such person or persons so offending, on con- 
viction, shall pay a fine not exceeding $.500, or be imprisoned not 
exceeding twelve months. 

Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to apply to 
unsurveyed public lands and to public lands subject to preemption 
and homestead laws, or to public lands subject to an act to promote 
the development of the mining resources of the United States, 
approved May 10, 1872. - 



ACT OF JUNE 3, 1878 (20 STAT., 89), AS AMENDED BY SECTION 2 
OF THE ACT OF AUGUST 4, 1892 (27 STAT., 348). 

Cutting Timber on Lands of the United States. 

Sec. 4. After the passage of this act it shall be unlawful to cut, or 
cause or procure to be cut, or wantonly destroy, any timber growing 
on any lands of the United States in public-land States, or remove, 
or cause to be removed, any timber from said public lands with in- 
tent to export or dispose of the same; and no owner, master, or con- 
signee of any vessel, or owner, director, or agent of any railroad, shall 
knowingly transport the same, or any lumber manufactured there- 
from; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall 
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be fined for every 
such offense a sum not less than one hundred nor more than one 
thousand dollars. 



LAWS RELATING TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. 23 

ACT OF JUNE 10, 1896 (29 STAT., 343). 

Changing or Removing Survey Marks. 

AN ACT Making appropriations for current and contingent expenses of the Indian 
Department and fuKilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal 
year ending June 30, J8i»7, and for other purposes. 

Hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person to destroy, deface, 
change, or remove to another place any section corner, quarter-sec- 
tion corner, or meander post on any Government line of survey, or 
to cut down any witness tree or any tree blazed to mark the line of a 
Government survey, or to deface, change, or remove any monument 
or bench mark of any Government survey. That any person who 
shall offend against any of the provisions of this paragrapli shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction tliereof in an.y 
court shall be fined not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, or be 
imprisoned not more than one hundred days. All the fines accruing 
under this paragraph shall be paid into the Treasury, and the in- 
former, in each case of conviction, shall be paid the sum of twenty- 
five dollars. 



ACT OF FEBRUARY 6, 1905 (33 STAT., 700). 

Arrests by National Park and Forest Employees. 

AN ACT For the protection of the public forest reserves and national parks of the 

United States. 

All persons employed in the forest-reserve and national-park service 
of the United States shall have authority to make arrests for the 
violation of the laws and regulations relating to the forest reserves 
and national parks, and any person so arrested, shall be taken before 
the nearest United States commissioner, within whose jurisdiction 
the reservation or national park is located, for trial; antl upon sworn 
information by any competent person any United States commissioner 
in the proper jurisdiction shall issue process for the arrest of any 
person charged with the violation of said laws and regulations; but 
nothing herein contained shall be construed as preventing the arrest 
by any officer of the United States, without process, of any person 
taken in the act of violating said laws and regulations. 

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